Mireille R.
Hi /Bonjour everyone,
Welcome to my own soap-opera!! 
I am 63 years young, 4' 10" and weigh 300lbs. And ohh…I’m …French...
I don’t remember NOT being fat: I was a big baby, a chubby toddler, a "pleasantly plumped" adolescent and finally a fat person. I don’t remember a time weighing less than 130lbs (there was a short period at 125lbs but it lasted a nanosecond and my mother assured me that I did not weigh 100lbs at birth!!! 
)
I learned at a very young age that fat meant: not attractive, not interesting, not lovable. In order to give a meaning to my life I decided to be useful and to use my head (I’m a very, very intelligent fatso 
) . So, I became a nice neighbour, a trusted and loyal friend, a dependable and responsible person always ready to help and… a teacher. I loved teaching: whether I was teaching a 10 year old or a 50 year old it was so much fun, so rewarding to see the light in their eyes when they discovered an answer, a solution or something new.
Between 1963 and 1995 I managed to keep my weight between 140 and 160.
I don’t know how many diets and crazy cures I tried.
In 1995 the sky fell on my head. After a period of many problems and difficulties my body gave up on me: between Sept 95 and Jan 96 I gained 60lbs and the real nightmare started. That is when MO took control of my life. 
I also retired in 96, moved back to the country to take care of my parents and had great plans: more travelling... more gardening… more photographing… more… more… but all these are still plans.
2000: I finally found doctors able to help me control severe hypothyroidism and sleep apnea, but I was still getting larger and heavier 240+.
Dec. 2001: I met Dr Christou in Montréal and was put on a waiting list for RNY. First pre-op info session was in Dec. 2002. I was afraid, had no one, no support group and was still gaining weight. I decided to try real supervised fasting (only water): first try – 25 days lost 50lbs – gained some back and tried again – 30 days lost 30lbs.
2003: the country family home was sold. I left Québec came back to
2005: Weighing 297lbs and feeling like a blue whale beached after swallowing an elephant I enrolled in Dr Dent’s weight Management Program and lost 50lbs+ AGAIN!!!
2008: Weighing 300lbs, with a membership to high cholesterol, high BP (190/102 +), and other medical niceties: the last one being a Central Vein Retinal Occlusion in my right eye, I went back to Dr Dent June 11 and told him I wanted a RNY. He took care of everything and I was OHIP approved June 18!!! WOW!!!! Thank you Dr Dent. I DO love you!!! 
I am more than ready for a new life!!!
